I’ve loved it…and hated it, with a passion!
But then I’ve always gone veloce……and never taken time to get to the heart of the matter.
By veloce, I mean ‘quick’ and just to be clear, I’m talking TiramisĂș! The quick version I’ve made in the past comes from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie’s Italy and though good, it doesn’t compare with this ‘slow’ method.
See I’m a Daring Cook, not a Daring Baker, for very obvious reasons – an already pudgy tum, short of height and prone to gluttony………Were I a DC, I would single handedly work my way through cookie and cream, fighting my husband (who is a dessert freak), all the way!
Now, it seems as though I am treading, albeit carefully in the feet of the DC masters.
Already, I’ve attempted my own version of the Nanaimo bar and after great macs recently…and not so great ones, I decided to make some Mac-a-misĂș. The proper way.
Once I downloaded the recipe, I began in stages
I chose orange as the dominant flavour, so I used orange zest where it called for lemon. To enhance the flavours, the last of my Cointreau, featured as the booze of choice
On Day 1, I made the Zabaglione
On Day 2, I made the Mascarpone and the Pastry cream {Every stage went well save for when making the mascarpone, the milk didn’t curdle as described in the recipe. However, it turned out SUPERB. Saying that, I may very well stick to store-bought!}
On Day 3, I made the whipped cream and assembled the mac-a-misĂș and left it to rest overnight (and photographed it)
On Day 4, We wacked it, aka cleaned the little pots. My husband and I.
Day 3 was the hardest day of all, not to eat the cream up as I mixed all the elements together – it was delicious. My daughters watching me and the look of utter bliss on my face, desperately begged to try it. Alas, that was not possible as it had alcohol in it. Now I understand why people go ga ga over whipped cream – it brought a lightness to the cream, while ferrying the delicious flavours on a sea of citrus, alcohol and supreme yumminess.
Morale of the story – don’t throw those macawrongs away. There’s so so much you can do with them. You can make a mess and be totally smitten. What a wonder life is!
And if you only have meringues, any sort of meringues, like chocolate chip meringues, roasted pecan meringues or even crushed mint ones, you can swap them for the macarons in the ‘Misu. Since my successful meringue weeks ago, I’ve made all the afore-mentioned flavours, with perfect results. All you have to do is gently fold in the flavourings once the egg whites are whisked and bake as normal. Easy peasy me says! The Meringue-misĂșs were also fantastic, though if I had to choose, the macs would win. Still it was fantastic, especially because the meringues came from our deep-freeze cache.
Did I mention my Maccrunchies? Of course I didn’t. So, I had some salted caramel from my a recent ‘win’ of delish French goodies. Remember the H2Ope for Haiti online raffle, organised by Jeanne of Cooksister with BloggerAid â Changing the Face of Famine (BA-CFF) to raise funds for Concern Worldwideâs relief effort in Haiti? Well, I won one of the prizes, offered by Jamie of Life’s a Feast and MacTweets and it was a treasure trove. This is not all that was in. There was chocolate, there was chestnut pureĂ© and flour and loads more. Lets talk Macs today and this box later (it deserves its own special post).
Step 1: Make dents into the macawrongs when they are fresh out of the oven and are still soft. I wanted to make a little pool so the caramel could collect but in the end, it was not necessary.
Once macawrong tops were covered with the salted caramel,
I dipped each cookie into melted milk chocolate, which I let drip off a cookie rack. I plated these and shoved them, covered with foil into the refrigerator.When the chocolate had hardened , I brought them out, fighting the cookies off the plate with a knife.
They were delicious. Even though I had started out trying to make macaron butties, as soon as I tasted them, the first thing that sprung to mind was honeycomb. Delicious honey comb. Like the crunchie bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will definitely make them again, for my girls. Even though they bear NO resemblance to anything mac and are not pretty, I enjoyed them tremendously!
So that’s it. I guess I should tell the future and say, stay tuned for more mac disasters, and experiments with macawrongs!
Till then, stay well, stay safe, in love, excited about food and…..enjoy the weekend.
We in the Netherlands, sure will, all in Orange as we celebrate the Queen’s birthday tomorrow. I didn’t have any time to make Macarons for sale, alas….but I am almost done making a Rhubarb Tian. Yes. I know, another Daring Baker copycat!
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That looks like a BIG mac attack. đ
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
These look sublime. I think the texture would be out of this world. And the flavour. wow!! well done you!
what a coincidence because I just posted about tiramisu too! but mine is kind of the short cut version. yours look really good and I bet it tastes extra nice because of the home made ingredients ^^
Thanks for your comments. You make me smile and inspire me to keep creating, save for the fact that I’m the only one piling on the pounds. Hmmmm
What a lot of droolworthy treats! Great job on them all Oz, time to join the Daring Baker’s now perhaps :
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Oh Shaz, if I joined the daring bakes, I would be out of a job….and the thrill might be lost (in having to keep to the schedules!). What I love about copy-catting is I can take my time and relax and choose what/not to make.
Oz!! I am drooling over your pictures – especially the first one – just stunning! Now I know what to do with left over macarons! đ
so creative and yummy!!!!
sweetlife
I’m digging those mac a wrongs – they look so good covered with the caramel and chocolate. Of course everything did, but they’ve embedded themselves on my conscious.
What a delicious and creative way to use macarons. They are beautiful.
After all this work, you created a masterpiece; time to rest and have another one!
Salted butter caramels and macawrongs and chocolate? Oh my….hmmmm…. đ
Happy Queen’s Day, dear Ozoz! I hope your weekend is fabulous as you enjoy your not-so-pretty but OH-SO-YUMMY creations. đ Sometimes they’re the BEST!! đ
This looks delicious and you always go beyond
Oz, whatever you make whether “right” or “wrong” comes out mouthwatering and delectible! The Tiramisu is fabulous and wow those mac-candies? Caramel and chocolate? Heaven! Must try! And I am so thrilled you won my box and love it! I have total and utter faith that you will find fabulous things to make with everything!
Wow, a very creative dessert, I love your ideas and photos!
What a yummy “misu”.Actually I like all of you Mac disaster creations.
Enjoy your Queen’s Day . I’m looking forward to the post about it.
Mimi
Fabulous post, Oz. And your photos are lovely with spring flowers scattered about. Don’t they look wonderful with chocolate??
Read about you and Kate meeting in Amsterdam. What fun you must have had!
Oz, you’re a genius. I love the idea of these. I can almost taste them! Almost…
Insprirational use of mac-a-wrongs (brilliant word!!), I have some hot cross bun mac-a-wrongs I need to put to good use. That looks like a fabulous stash of goodies from Jamie too.
Beautiful pictures. Love your dessert. You make eating dessert fun đ
you are one of the most creative mac makers. i love this!
your photos are fabulous!! And your dessert Mac-a-misu is mouthwatering! Yummy!!
Your pictures are beautiful!
I am drooling at 8.41am! You are such a clever bunny.